The fact that he believes non-discrimination is equal to - " give(ing) any person or company preference over another" shows his ignorance. It is not about giving preference, it is about certain things not being relevant in making decisions. Including additional non-discrimination clauses in a contract does not change the law, that would only happen if the agency REMOVED protected classes in the law. And finally, Mr. Crowe, you say that not passing this would cause millions in law suits. The language has been around for awhile. How many law suits have been filed? How much has it cost in damages? Zero.

To all the misinformed who are outraged that this creates a special right for certain people - "sexual orientation" covers heterosexuals as well. Though you rarely hear of cases of people being fired because they are straight or kids being teased to suicide because they appear heterosexual.

These are no-brainer bills. Governement employees should not be fired because of being gay and bullying is unacceptable.

A project like this will bring in more than it costs because of the sales taxes, the income taxes paid by people working there, boost real estate values and rents in the area which is also comes back to the city in taxes and encourages other retail establishments to invest in the area.

The people of the parish, the parents and the students are "stakeholders" of the institution. Fr Paul may be the appointed head of the parish but that doesn't make him a "leader". He should never had written this whiney letter trying to portray himself as a martyr seeking pity. It's pathetic and I can only imagine that his lack of leadership caused these problems.

This isn't about what's best for the student. SUNO has a very powerful and politically connected administrative - many got their jobs because of political connections. Their priority is to protect their jobs, not provide an education to their students.

SUNO is putting up this fight to protect administrative jobs - not the welfare of the city or its students. And since many of those administrators are politically connected, they may well win this fight.

Delgado does have 25% of the students at the Community and Technical college level in the state. But when it comes to allocating resources, the system that runs the two year colleges, the LCTCS, treats it like the red-headed step-child.

While I mourn those youth, and applaud the work UNITY does, those particular kids were deliberately homeless. They were part of a subculture that chooses that lifestyle as a rejection of "mainstream" culture. They would not have availed themselves of UNITY's services.